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ASCQ COMMUNAL CEMETERY
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Nord

​France

GPS Coordinates"Latitude: 50.61896, Longitude: 3.16602

Ascq Communal Cemetery

​Location Information

Ascq is a town 7 kilometres south-east of Lille on the road to Tournai.

From the church in Ascq, head north-east towards Annappes. Take the first right, opposite the Marie, and then first left onto Rue de l'Abbe Lemire. The communal cemetery is 200 metres along on the left hand side of the road. The main Commonwealth War Graves plot is on the left near the entrance, and the second plot is 50 metres further along on the right.

Visiting Information

Wheelchair access possible via main entrance.


Historical Information

The 229th Field Ambulance, the 13th and 63rd Casualty Clearing Stations and the 39th Stationary Hospital were posted in the village for periods of a few months at the end of 1918 and in 1919.

There are 55, 1914-18 and 3, 1939-45 war casualties commemorated in this site.

The British plot covers an area of 249 square metres and is enclosed by a low stone curb.


Total Burials: 58.

World War One Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 51, India 2, Australia 1, Canada 1. Total 55.

World War Two Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 3.

The Commonwealth plot was designed by William Harrison Cowlishaw
Ascq Communal Cemetery
Ascq Communal Cemetery
Ascq Communal Cemetery
Ascq Communal Cemetery
Ascq Communal Cemetery
Ascq Communal Cemetery
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Lieutenant
Harward Eastman Chaffey
42nd Squadron, 
Royal Air Force
27th October 1918, aged 20.
Row A. 5.

Son of Benjamin Elswood Chaffey and Gertrude Eastman Chaffey, of 772, McMillan Avenue, Winnipeg, Canada.

His headstone bears the inscription "The Eternal God Is Thy Refuge And Underneath Are The Everlasting Arms"




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Lieutenant
Lyell Keith Swann, M.M.
Australian Flying Corps
14th November 1918, aged 23.
Row D. 12.

Born at Keyneton. Son of George Lomax Swann and Alvena Swann, of 170, Wattle St., New Parkside, South Australia.

His headstone bears the inscription "He Lived And Died A Good Lad And A Gallant Soldier"


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A view of the 39th Stationary Hospital, with lines of large white medical tents running either side of a road. A medical orderly stands by the roadside, with a truck on the road itself. There appears to be a wood in the background. (J Hodgson Lobley, 1919) © IWM (Art.IWM ART 3746)

World War Two Burials

Pictures © Johan Pauwels

Ascq Communal Cemetery
Ascq Communal Cemetery
Ascq Communal Cemetery
Ascq Communal Cemetery
Ascq Communal Cemetery

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